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  • RE: deleting some rows leaving one.

    Also, looking at your initial post, you only provided the DDL for two of the tables in the query. Really could use the DDL for the other two tables....

  • RE: deleting some rows leaving one.

    First question, does the following query return the correct result set that you are deleting items based on?

    SELECT distinct

    Application.ApplicationID,

    ApplicationProduct.ProductControlID

    FROM

    ...

  • RE: Display recovery models of DB's

    The only "table" that is being created is a table variable. You should be fine using this script.

  • RE: deleting some rows leaving one.

    If you have the cursor based code for doing this, it would help if you posted that as well. It will answer questions that will make rewriting in a...

  • RE: not like?

    kevin.l.williams (3/23/2009)


    I know why the null value is not returned but I am puzzled by the explanation.

    "Since col2 is used in the WHERE clause, the output does not include the...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    I should mention that I also got to meet Steve Jones last week at the Colorado Springs SQL Server Users Group meeting. He was down doing a presentation. ...

  • RE: not like?

    mtassin (3/23/2009)


    r.hensbergen (3/23/2009)


    I like these questions a lot more than making 'SQL puzzles', just by showing bad code. Your question is a typical sample of what I run into daily....

  • RE: SSIS Package 1 calling Package 2 (SendMail Task)

    You can use an Execute Package Task to execute another package, but I'm not sure about calling a specific task within another package.

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    I do agree with you Gus, I think that is why The Thread is probably still alive. This one has been very entertaining and has allowed many of us...

  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Bob Hovious (3/22/2009)


    Vaguely serious, non-beer question.

    I just kidded Lynn about chastising someone for hijacking "the rant", because it had already been briefly hijacked by a discussion of incrementing next...

  • RE: T-Sql rant

    I just think a discussion of Dataphor should be separate and distinct from this rant which did start as a discussion regarding the shortcomings of T-SQL, but really were more...

  • RE: T-Sql rant

    Bob Hovious (3/22/2009)


    Don't hijack it like you guys did with the "increment" discussion, Lynn? 😉

    I agree. In fact I think I may have even said that it too...

  • RE: T-Sql rant

    steve dassin (3/22/2009)


    Steve Jones - Editor (3/15/2009)


    ...C#, VB, etc. are programming languages designed for working with a variables, of sets of variables in objects.

    How do you realize a result of...

  • RE: T-Sql rant

    We also need the proper "business" scenario. Could be something based on our past experience or something similiar. I guess we should come up with some ideas.

  • RE: T-Sql rant

    Jeff Moden (3/21/2009)


    Sure... well, maybe except for the article thing. I was thinking that the idea of using a sequence table correctly would make a good article right after...

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